Wire fence



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Patented Sept. 5, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE WIRE FENCE poration of Illinois Application July 29, 1938, Serial No. 221,936

2 Claims.

This invention has reference to improvements in wire fence and it has for its object to improve that type of fence which is known in the art and to the trade as triangular or diamond mesh 5 fence. Such fences have many and various uses,

as for examplefactory property, estates, orchards, parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, etc., etc., and as an effective obstruction to farm animals, large and small. Such fences also lend themselves to rather small spacing between the woof or cross-wires, as for example two and four inch spacing and where the warp or line wires are spaced approximately four inches apart. Heights of fencing of this type range anywhere from eighteen to ninety-six inches. The warp or line wires comprise, as a rule, two-strand cables for the top and bottom or marginal or selvage wires and in some instances the intermediate warp or line wires comprise single wires alternating with two-strand cables or comprise all two-strand cables.

Furthermore, in the triangular mesh fences with which I am familiar, it may be said, that such fences are woven so that they appear to comprise a series of built up panels; that is, a series of panels comprising two warp or line wires connected by woof or cross-wires woven back and forth or three warp or line wires connected by woof or cross-wires where th woof or cross-wires are coiled or wrapped about one wire, thence coiled or wrapped about the second wire and then coiled or wrapped about the third wire and thence back, in the same manner, to the second and first wire. Such operations continuing throughout the length of the warp or line wires included in the fence. Such coils or wraps will, in some instances, comprise a one and ahalf wrap, or a one and a half wrap alternated with a single wrap. In either instance there is an unnecessary use of Wire, which prevents economical operations and therefore precludes a widespread distribution and use of such type of fences which it is believed will be the case if the cost of produc tion can be reduced and still retain the requisite strength in such fences.

It is a prime object therefore, of the present invention, to improve the construction of triangular mesh fences whereby economy of use of wire is a factor and still the requisite strength is.maintained. I accomplish these objects by avoiding weaving the fence in what may be consideredas built up panels of series of two or three warp or line wires connected in each instance by woof or cross-wires woven back and forth throughout the fence,--by weaving the woof or cross-wires, of continuous single strands, back and forth from one selvage or marginal wire to the other, of whatever height 'the fence may be or of whatever number of warp or line wires which may be included to produce the 5 height of fence desired or required; each woof or cross-wire being wrapped around each intersecting marginal or selvage wire and each of the intermediate warp or line wires. I prefer to wrap the woof or cross-wires once and a half around 10 each marginal or selvage wire and once around each intermediate warp or line wire. It being understood in the making of the triangular mesh that where the woof or cross-wires cross or intersect a warp or line wire the single wrap of each of such intersecting warp wires are interwrapped, in the usual manner. Thus briefly stated-each single and continuous woof or cross-wire is Woven back and. forth from one selvage wire to the other, connecting the same, 20 by the same single woof or cross-wire, with each of the intermediate warp or line wires and thus building up a unitary structure with less wire while maintaining substantially the same strength, as in like fences constructed as hereto- 26 fore pointed out.

That the invention may be more fully understood reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming part of the present description, in which- Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view showing a panel of triangular or diamond mesh fence embodying my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the same panel with a fragmentary showing of the woof or cross-wires, illustrating how these single continuous woof or cross-wires are woven back and forth from one to the other of the marginal or selvage wires and their connection with each of the intermediatewarp or line wires and their interwrapping with 40 intersecting warp or line wires as they are wrapped about such intermediate warp or line wires.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the figures.

The warp or line wires may be defined as the marginal or selvage wires 3 and the intermediate warp or line wires 4. I prefer that the marginal or line wires 3 shall comprise two-strand cables, as shown, and although I prefer that the intermediate warp or line wires 4 shall comprise twostrand cables, as shown, they may be single strands and depending on the height of the fence may be varied, single strands or double strands,

as the case may be, to meet demand or at the option of the maker.

The woof or cross-wires are preferably single strands of continuous wire, as shown, and for convenience of description I have designated the respective woof or cross-wires showing, as 5, 6, l and 8. In Fig. 1 these several woof or crosswires are shown woven throughout the extent of the panel and together and with the warp or line wires produce a panel having triangular or diamond meshes. Fig. 2, as heretofore pointed out, is fragmentarythat is to say, some of the woof or cross-wires are broken away so as to show how these wires are woven entirely across the entire width of the fence, of whatever height and from one marginal or selvage wire 3 to the other. For example, having reference to Fig. 2 the woof or cross-wire 5 is shown as preferably wrapped once about the first intermediate warp or line wire 3 and interwrapped, at 9, with the woof or cross-wire 6 about such intermediate warp or line wire. Then at I!) the woof or crosswire 5 is shown preferably wrapped once and a half times about the top marginal or selvage wire 3. At ll, l2 and I3 the woof or cross-wire 5 is shown preferably wrapped once around the respective first, second and third intermediate warp or line wires 4 and interwrapped, respectively, at these intersections, with the woof or cross-wires 8, 1 and B and thence to the bottom marginal or selvage wire 3 where it is shown preferably wrapped once and a half times about such wire. By following the course of the respective woof or cross-wires it will be readily seen the path they take across and throughout the length of the fence and their wrappings about not only all the intermediate warp or line wires but also the marginal or line wires. The woof or crosswire 5, as illustrated in Fig. 2, is the only one of the series of woof or cross-wires which shows a complete and continuous course from one marginal or selvage wire 3 to the other, but in a complete fence all of the continuous woof or crosswires. will continue such a course, as will be understood and continue in this cries-cross manner or fashion throughout the length of the fence. I am not aware that a fence of the construction, where the woof or cross-wires are woven completely across the fence from one marginal or selvage wire to the other, and extending throughout the length of the fence, has ever been made.

What I claim is:

A wire fence including a plurality of warp or line wires and a plurality of woof or cross-wires presenting triangular meshes; each of the woof or cross-wires extending in continuous strands back and forth from the top marginal wire to the bottom marginal wire of the fence and each being wrapped singly about such top and bottom marginal wires, and where such woof or crosswires intersect intermediate warp or line wires being interwrapped with each other about such wires.

2. A wire fence including a plurality of warp or line wires and a plurality of woof or crosswires presenting triangular mesh-es; the top and bottom warp or line wires comprising twostrand cables; each of the woof or cross-wires extending in continuous strands back and forth from the top marginal wire to the bottom marginal wire of the fence and each being wrapped. singly and with a one and one half wrap about such top and bottom marginal wires, and where such woof or cross-wires intersect intermediate warp or line wires being interwrapped with each other about such wires.

WILLIAM H. SOMMER. 

